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Zimbabwe: Polling stations open as citizens cast ballots By Peta Thornycroft The Star (Johannesburg) Harare – With 9,735 polling stations opening for business at 7 am today, Zimbabweans are getting the chance to vote more freely than at any time in the past 13 years. Electoral reforms since the last disastrous poll in 2008 have […]

The first Americans were black according to a BBC documentary BBC News The first Americans were descended from black Australian aborigines, according to evidence in a BBC documentary. The program, Ancient Voices, shows that the dimensions of prehistoric skulls found in Brazil match those of the aboriginal peoples of Australia and Melanesia. Other evidence suggests […]

Voters defy threats as polls close in Mali Thousands of Malians went to the polls in country’s first presidential election since a military coup last year. Al Jazeera Mali’s polls have closed amid reports of high voter turnout in the capital, but elsewhere in the country people found themselves unable to cast their ballots. Sunday’s […]

Caribbean nations seeking compensation for slavery Associated Press Leaders of more than a dozen Caribbean countries are launching a united effort to seek compensation from three European nations for what they say is the lingering legacy of the Atlantic slave trade. The Caribbean Community, a regional organization that typically focuses on rather dry issues such […]

Eritrea: 20 years of freedom? Deutsche Welle Two decades after gaining independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea still has some growing pains to overcome. As its youth opt to flee mandatory military service, 20 percent of the country’s population now live in exile. At a lookout point just outside Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, children run around playing and […]

AU team in Zimbabwe for pre-election assessment SABC African Union (AU) Commission Chair, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe, as part of the AU’s pre-election assessment before next Wednesday’s polls. Dlamini-Zuma is expected to meet with the electoral commission and political parties before issuing a statement. The 54-nation group has deployed a 60-member team […]

Only half of Europeans in favor of euro: survey Xinhua BRUSSELS– Only 51 percent of Europeans are in favor of the euro and only 62 percent of those living in the euro zone supports the single currency, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey released here on Tuesday. More than half of the Europeans do not […]

Construction update: San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA Construction of the new $1.3 billion San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara is located at Centennial Boulevard and Tasman Drive. The stadium is slated to open for the 2014 NFL season and host Super Bowl L, the 50th edition of the Super […]

Sky-high drama as tallest tower cost hits $1.5 billion AFP A Chinese construction company had boasted it would take just 90 days to build the world’s tallest tower, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Construction of the 838-metre (2,749 ft) “Sky City” skyscraper in China has been hit with a series of delays […]

Africa Investment-China brings goods and roads, now Africa wants jobs By Daniel Flynn Reuters DAKAR – China has brought cheap consumer goods, roads and schools to many parts of Africa over the last decade but the continent’s leaders are increasingly pushing for it to provide more of what many Africans want most: jobs. From Pretoria […]